Childcare in Cheadle (Stockport)
Cheadle (Stockport) has 14 day nurseries, 2 pre-schools, 13 school nursery classes, 10 childminders and 21 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 18 of them and rated 17 Good or better, 1 of them Outstanding. 42 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Stockport there are 35 places per 100 children under five, about the same as England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Stockport, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 70 school nursery classes across Stockport, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
60 settings, best rated first. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
What has changed here
Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.
- Jun 2026Closed LSC @ Cheadle Town Football Club Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened LSC @ Lum Head Primary Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Early Learners Day Nursery Full day care
- Jun 2026Opened School of Play @ Oaktree Primary School Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened School of Play @ Prospect Vale Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Fun Fest Bolshaw Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Practically Family - Cheadle Catholic Infant School Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Kickstart Childcare (Cheadle Catholic) Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened Conexus Tuition Cheadle Hulme, Handforth and Wilmslow Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Fun Fest Bolshaw-Cheadle Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Closed LSC @ Cheadle Town Football Club Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Opened LSC @ Cheadle Town Football Club Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Cheadle (Stockport)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Cheadle (Stockport) take funded hours?
13 of the 60 settings in Cheadle (Stockport) are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Are any nurseries in Cheadle (Stockport) rated Outstanding?
Yes. 1 of the 18 settings Ofsted has inspected in Cheadle (Stockport) hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Cheadle (Stockport) take babies?
38 settings in Cheadle (Stockport) are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in Cheadle (Stockport)?
Stockport has 35 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.
Towns close to Cheadle (Stockport)
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.